The Tobacco Tax and Enforcement Reform Act, as the bill is titled, would raise taxes by 93 percent and tax all tobacco products at the same rate.

It would also attempt to reduce tobacco trafficking by identifying shipments through the use of specific markings, requiring export warehouses to file reports with the Treasury Department and condoning the sale or lease of tobacco product manufacturing equipment only to those with proper licenses.

“This legislation not only raises revenue for critical children’s health programs, it will also lower youth smoking, because we know that youth tobacco consumption falls when tobacco taxes rise,” said Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., one of the four senators who introduced the legislation.